Definitions
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- adjective Not slacked; unslaked.
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- adjective Alternative form of
unslaked .
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Examples
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Abu Sir to be brought before him, with his elbows pinioned, sent for his Sea-captain and said to him, Take this villain and set him in a sack with two quintals of lime unslacked and tie its mouth over his head.
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Ten years rushed now upon me with dusty, vibrating, unresting wings; years of bustle, action, unslacked endeavour; years in which
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Red brick should be laid in a thoroughly mixed mortar composed of one volume of Portland cement, 3 volumes of unslacked lime and 16 volumes of clear sharp sand.
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The action of lime is greatest in its caustic or unslacked form.
The First Book of Farming Charles Landon Goodrich
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-- Put unslacked lime in a well-glazed pan; cover it with pure water, and let it remain for one day.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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Whisky add one and one-half pounds unslacked Lime, three-fourths of a pound of Alum, and one-half pint Spirits of Nitre.
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed C. A. Bogardus
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-- A kind of concrete made without cement is composed of 8 parts of sand, gravel and pebbles, 1 part of burnt and powdered common earth, 1 part of pulverized clinkers and cinders, and 1-1/2 parts of unslacked hydraulic lime.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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It is requisite that both the boxes and lights should be painted every year, at least a month before they are wanted for use; but if this cannot be conveniently done, be particular in washing them with boiling water, in which some unslacked lime must be mixed.
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The can had an interlining of tin, and between the two walls of the can was unslacked lime; by making a hole in each end of the can and placing first one end and then the other in cold water for five minutes the stew was warmed and cooked.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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Separate from the mass any unslacked carbide remaining and return it to the containers, adding now carbide as required.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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